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I got 7641 - City Corner for Father's Day! Yay! When the Mrs came home from the K-Mart Toy Sale earlier this year, she told me that all the City Corner's were sold out. She had, however, bought one and put it in a safe place until today. God bless her!! By the way, Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there today.

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Captain Zuloo wrote:Aw man, I thought you were better than that. : Why would you spend money on RC trains when you could be spending money on more 9v? :

Well since my collection so far is nearly all the 4.5V, some 12V and only 1 9V train with a motor and _no_ track, its just not a good idea financially. For the same money as ten 9V straight tracks, I can get most of the PF electronics. In fact I could expand my 12V stuff cheaper than 9V. Most of the M>LTC's (Melbourne Lego Train Club) stuff is 9V so I can still run most of my trains on their track anyway. I might pick up another 9v motor or two but I think I left my 9V run way too late.

Since my interest is more for steam and the new PF motors are a bit more flexible, and more powerful for that anyway, I dont see it as a huge issue. Besides the 9V stuff is also not perfect, the motors overheat and switch off after a few hours of continuous running on long trains, there is no remote control of points, some of the transformers are so current limited that for larger layouts (especially running more than one motor to run longer trains without quick overheating) its better to use a third party transformer.

It's all pro's and con's and since I don't have very much 9V it would be silly to start a huge collection now.

Captain Zuloo wrote:I was in Myer today and I wasn't planning on buying anything, but...

I overheard a conversation that someone had opened a 7195 Ambush In Cairo and stolen the 'large' bag before leaving the rest of the box behind some other boxes. The desk clerks were discussing what they should do with the rest of the set so I quickly walked up to the counter and said I'd buy the rest of it, and they sold me the small bag and instructions for 50c. Yay! :

Thats a cool score, did you get all the figs? I'd bet you got the cool hair peices and maybe the ninja wrap?

The other day I got the Mine Mech!A good litle set although it is kinda small. Also it is the same price as the river dragon yet its the same price : But then again it does come with a rock monster and if you buy two it should be easy to Mod.Which I shall do!

Stumbled accross an emerald night at myers today, could not say no, was delighted at the counter when told if you join myer one loyality card (no costs) you get 20$ off for every 75$ so I snapped it up for $109 and no postage. Bargain!!

dhoman01 wrote:Stumbled accross an emerald night at myers today, could not say no, was delighted at the counter when told if you join myer one loyality card (no costs) you get 20$ off for every 75$ so I snapped it up for $109 and no postage. Bargain!!